J. Richard Middleton
Professor of Biblical Studies

Professor of Bible and Culture, Northeastern Seminary (part time)
E-mail: Middleton_Richard@roberts.edu
Office: (585) 594-6971

At RWC Since: 2002

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Education:

Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary Theology), Free University of Amsterdam/ Institute for Christian Studies (Toronto, ON), 2005

M.A. (Philosophy), The University of Guelph, 1985

B.Th., Jamaica Theological Seminary, 1977

Specialty areas:

Old Testament theology and the Christian worldview

Current Research Interests:

Creation in the Bible and the ancient Near East; literary readings of the Old Testament; 1 & 2 Samuel; Genesis; the spirituality of popular music

Sample Course at RWC:

BIB 101 Old Testament Literature and Theology

THE 200 Exploring the Christian Worldview

BIB 206 The Pentateuch

BIB 405 Old Testament Exegesis

Sample Publications/Presentations:

• The Liberating Image: The Imago Dei in Genesis 1 (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2005).
• “Created in the Image of a Violent God? The Ethical Problem of the Conquest of Chaos in Biblical Creation Texts.”  Interpretation 58/4 (2004): 341-55.
• Truth is Stranger Than It Used to Be: Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age.  Co-authored with Brian Walsh (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1995). 
• The Transforming Vision: Shaping a Christian World View. Co-authored with Brian Walsh (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1984).